Education:
Orrin earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from KetteringUniversity (formerly GMI Engineering & Management Institute) and
received Business Administration training from the University of Michigan.
"Work" Experience:
Orrin's professional history has focused on engineering, international business consulting, community building, international public speaking, authoring
several books, and last, but not least, serving as a wrestling coach.
Business Endeavors:
Orrin owns a number of businesses. He is a co-founder of the LIFE business and is the Chairman of the Board of Team.
Family:
Orrin is a devoted family man to his wife Laurie (married in 1991), their four children, and their Golden Retriever Socks.
Charitable Focus:
Orrin is committed to spreading the good news of Jesus Christ and assisting less fortunate youth. He is involved in efforts to build churches and
orphanages in India and to re-instill Biblical values in homes around the globe.
Hobbies and Interests:
Orrin enjoys yachting, boating, fishing, reading, writing, traveling, wrestling, weight-lifting, running, and Dallas Cowboys football.
Countries Visited:
Orrin has enjoyed traveling to Canada, England, Australia, France, Switzerland, Wales, Germany, and Holland, among other locations.
Awards and Achievements:
Orrin holds four United States patents and an exclusive National Benchmarking Award for product analysis, and he has been recognized in national trade
journals.
He co-wrote the New York Times bestseller Launching a Leadership Revolution. Within a year of publication, his first solo projectRESOLVED: 13 Resolutions for LIFE was selected for the All-Time Top 100 Leadership Books List. And in 2012, Orrin released his RESOLVED Primer, which is a compact, highly accessible companion volume to RESOLVED: 13 Resolutions for LIFE designed by New York Times bestselling author (and Networking Times senior editor) John David Mann to be a quick, easy, and powerful read. (Purchase Orrin's books here.)
He is honored to have been named on numerous leadership lists, including the World's Top 25 Leadership Experts on www.topleadershipgurus.com. In 2011, Orrin received the IAB Top Leadership Award.
His highly popular leadership blog www.OrrinWoodwardBlog.com has received international
acclaim as one of HR's Top 100 Blogs for Management and Leadership and as a Universities Online Top 100 Leadership Blog.
You can visit Orrin Woodward's Leadership Blog here.
Sep/Oct 2012 Issue
A Leadership Laboratory for Life
by Orrin Woodward
May/Jun 2012 Issue
Networking Tribes
by Orrin Woodward
Ideally, network marketing provides a community that gives its members the permission and the courage to change themselves.
Nov/Dec 2011 Issue
Adjust Your Attitude
by Orrin Woodward
How to reframe the content and context of events so you experience joy instead of misery.
Sep/Oct 2011 Issue
Follow the Footprints
by Orrin Woodward
Networking Times’s former editor-in-chief, John David Mann, is a quintessential serial entrepreneur. He forged a successful musical career, with compositions performed throughout the world. He founded a journal on nutrition and the environment, years ahead of the trend. His endless hours invested created writing mastery, leading to senior editor positions at Upline, Network Marketing Lifestyles, and finally Networking Times. If this weren’t impressive enough, John also built a multimillion-dollar network marketing organization that topped 100,000 people. In this interview, he reveals how he became a self-taught writer and award-winning author.
Jul/Aug 2011 Issue
Aligning the Ant and the Elephant
by Orrin Woodward
Learn how to feed the subconscious mind with your vision for the
future.
Nov/Dec 2010 Issue
Keeping Score
by Orrin Woodward
Do you hate losing enough to change, or do you hate changing enough to lose?
Jul/Aug 2010 Issue
The Peter Principle
by Orrin Woodward
Breaking through your leadership lid requires you to Plan, Do, Check and Adjust.
May/Jun 2010 Issue
The Marriage of Character and Skills
by Orrin Woodward
Since people buy into leaders before products and companies, focus on leadership development along with skills development.
Mar/Apr 2010 Issue
Leading a Networking Revolution
by Orrin Woodward
Why network marketing is perfectly positioned to go mainstream.
Jul/Aug 2009 Issue
Defeat Your Inner Goliath
by Orrin Woodward
Networking Trainers Article
RESOLVED: Living Your Resolutions
by Orrin Woodward
In the early eighteenth century, three young colonial Americans resolved to build lives of virtue by studying and applying daily resolutions. Each of these three men made his life count, creating a legacy of selfless thoughts, words, and deeds.
- The first, through tireless sacrificial leadership, and against indescribable odds, defeated the mighty British Empire with his ragtag group of colonial volunteers.
- The second, through his growing international fame, sterling character, and endless tact, became America's leading diplomat, forming international alliances that secured war funding, without which, the colonials' cause would have been doomed.
- The third, through his overwhelming intellectual and spiritual gifts, became colonial America's greatest minister, who, by preaching and writing, fanned the flames of the spiritual renewal called the Great Awakening, which led to further political and economic freedoms on the heels of the American Revolution.... read more
